The laws require cigarette packs to carry stark pictures of people who suffered from the effects of smoking, including one of a woman coughing up blood and another of a man who died of a heart attack being zipped up in a body bag. Those caught smoking i

officers conducted a traffic safety stop on Blackmarsh Road in St. John’s as they noticed the driver smoking with children on board. As a result of the stop, a 29-year-old female was charged under the smoke-free environment act, three breaches of the

Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Maine, Oregon, Utah, Vermont and Louisiana — have banned smoking in cars when children are present.... There is currently no law regarding smoking in a vehicle with children in Alabama. A recent poll at thedailysentinel.co

Goldstein argues his point in an essay published in the Point/Counterpoint feature in the March/April 2015 issue of Annals of Family Medicine. “Purposeful and recurrent exposure of children to secondhand smoke by a parent is as abusive as many other comm

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A Vermont police department says it has issued its first ticket to a driver who was smoking with a child in his car. St. Johnsbury Police say a civil ticket that included a $162 fine was issued last week to 32-year-old Daniel Berube after his car was sto

smoking doesn't always come with a stigma. As big tobacco companies find new frontiers, Asia is the hottest market. This is especially true in Indonesia, where awareness on health hazards is low and advertisement push to make young people brand loyal ...

The measure also includes a $100 fine for anyone found guilty. The bill was proposed by Sen. Ralph S. Northam (D-Norfolk), a pediatric neurologist who unsuccessfully pushed for similar legislation in 2011.